This paper estimates the preferences of farmers for cattle traits in southern Burkina Faso using conjoint analysis, a survey-based system for measuring preferences for multiple-attribute goods. Here the technique is used in the context of a West African country where literacy is low, where cattle...
Tano, K.
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Faminow, M.
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Kamuanga, M.
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Swallow, B.M.
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[Using conjoint analysis to estimate farmer's preferences for cattle traits in West Africa]
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Using conjoint analysis to estimate farmer's preferences for cattle traits in West Africa
Interviews with all the households in the Agropastoral Zone (ZAP) of Yale, southern Burkina Faso, were conducted in 1994 and again in 1997 to assess the impacts of a tsetse control programme implemented from 1994, using insecticide-impregnated targets and pour-on treatments of all cattle with del...
Kamuanga, M.
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Sigue, H.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Bauer, B.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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[Farmers' perceptions of the impacts of tsetse and trypanosomosis control on livestock production: Evidence from southern Burkina Faso]
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Farmers' perceptions of the impacts of tsetse and trypanosomosis control on livestock production: Evidence from southern Burkina Faso
Cattle raised in the Ghibe valley of southwest Ethiopia are exposed to medium to high levels of trypanosomiasis risk and are often given trypanocidal drugs. A benefit-cost analysis was undertaken to evaluate the financial and economic returns generated by cattle raised in the area under a systema...
Itty, P.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Mulatu, W.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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[The economics of village cattle production in a tsetse infested area of southwest Ethiopia]
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The economics of village cattle production in a tsetse infested area of southwest Ethiopia
From biological data collected between January 1986 and December 1989, and economic data collected during 1988, 10-year projections of herd structure, production, and economic and financial returns were calculated for 13 village cattle herds at two village sites in the Gambia. The analyses indica...
Itty, P.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Agyemang, K.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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[Economics of village production of N'Dama cattle in the Gambia]
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Economics of village production of N'Dama cattle in the Gambia
The subhumid and semi-arid zones of West Africa are one of the subregions reputed to hold Africa's greatest potential for expansion of animal agriculture. Within this region livestock are affected by tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis-a disease that severely constrains productivity, thus hampering...
Kamuanga, M.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Tano, K.
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Mugalla, C.
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Pokou, K.
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Swallow, B.M.
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[Improving the productivity of crop-livestock systems under trypanosomosis risk in West Africa: Potentials and opportunities in the next decade]
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Improving the productivity of crop-livestock systems under trypanosomosis risk in West Africa: Potentials and opportunities in the next decade
This chapter focuses on individual adoption of a technology that produces a mixed public-private good. The technology is a formulation of insecticide that is applied to cattle as a "pouron". The mixed public-private good is control of external parasites and animal disease vectors. This chapter pr...
Swallow, B.M.
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Wangila, J.
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Mulatu, W.
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Okello, O.
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McCarthy, N.
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[Collective action in space: Assessing how cooperation and collective action vary across an African landscape]
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Collective action in space: Assessing how cooperation and collective action vary across an African landscape
Reports on completed and planned research to examine farmers' perceptions of different breeds, the discretion they exercise over breed composition, and the impacts of breed perceptions on breeding practices. ILCA has recently undertaken three household surveys that shed light on farmers' breed pr...
Swallow, B.M.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Cattle breed preferences and breeding practices in southern Nigeria]
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Cattle breed preferences and breeding practices in southern Nigeria